Humble Tribute to Pablo Neruda

something started in my soul,
fever or forgotten wings,
and I made my own way,
deciphering
that fire
and wrote the first faint line,
faint without substance, pure
nonsense,
pure wisdom,
of someone who knows nothing,
and suddenly I saw
the heavens
unfastened
and open.

- Pablo Neruda -

July 12, 1904 - September 23, 1973

from "Poetry", Memorial de Isla Negra (1964)
translation by Alastair Reid

Pablo Neruda & his dog Chu Tuh
photo by Sara Facio

Fundación Pablo Neruda

Pablo Neruda : The Poetry Foundation

"The Greatest Poet of the 20th Century In Any Language"-Celebrating Chilean Poet Pablo Neruda
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Pablo Neruda documentary film: Pablo Neruda: The Poet's Calling
» site features interviews from Isabel Allende and others, bilingual poems

 
by FourSeasons Productions

Inclinado en las Tardes, Leaning into the Afternoons, was written in 1924 by Pablo Neruda. The poem is recited in its native Spanish by Carlos Alfaro and includes English subtitles translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin. Music by Michael Hoppe.

A powerful love poem by the Master.